Emotional Development in Adults with Autism and Intellectual Disabilities: A Retrospective, Clinical Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Sappok, Tanja ^a   Budczies, Jan ^b   Bölte, Sven ^c   Dziobek, Isabel ^d   Dosen, Anton ^e   Diefenbacher, Albert ^a  

^a Königin Elisabeth Herzberge Hospital   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILDHOOD; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHEME OF APPRAISAL OF EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84884181226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074036     Document Type: Article

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